I'm part of the crowd that thinks all of the zombie "too big too fail" banks should be unwound and shut down, and the financial bailouts ended, completely. But I wouldn't be caught dead with these losers.

If they can't hope to win over someone like me, they don't have a chance.

I noticed this with our local occupation, too. One tent with maybe five or ten people around it (not counting the homeless, who occupy that park anyway) and hundreds of signs spread out on the pavement, stuck into the ground, tacked onto trees. It's an unholy mess.

Reminds me of the Spanish explorers, starting with Columbus, who had the Pope's Bull as authority to claim for Spain the non-Christian lands 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands.

Portugal got the land to the east of the Papal Line which turned out to not only be Africa they intended but also Brazil sticking out towards Africa.

I love a painting of the Spanish Soldiers landing at Monterey, California and planting their flag while the priests do the ceremonies taking title for Spain in the name of Jesus and his representative in the see of St Peter.

RE: Monsanto - I recall this WSJ article Seems that the farmers that use the altered seed corn must agree to create a "bug island" so not make the bugs angry & mutate into super bugs. As it happens, the bug island is not profitable.You can imagine what happens next.

Segway Boi is Jeremy Ryan, a "professional" protestor. He apparently has a medical condition, Andersen Tawil Syndrome, that can lead to cardiac issues. Hence, the Segway.

Which was donated to him a few years ago. He also lives or used to live in a penthouse in one of Madison's newest, most deluxe apartment buildings. A few months ago he posted a plea on the internet asking for donations to pay his rent and other bills, because his protesting activities were soooooo important that he couldn't work a regular job, and his alleged cell phone export business wasn't enough to support him. Not sure whether he got enough $$$ to stay in the penthouse.

He's been arrested more than any other protestor so far as I know, but has rarely been charged with anything thanks to our corrupt Dane County DA, and he hasn't paid any of the numerous fines he's accumulated...oh yeah, he asked for donations to cover those, too.

He and pink dress guy and the idiot who sends obscene emails to legislators from his MATC student account need to be made the face of the protestors.

Medical condition fraud is occurring with increasing frequency as people recognize the impossibility of refuting claims, due to HIPAA and other medical privacy laws. I'm not saying this guy is a fraud. I'm just saying that if he were, there would be no way to know (on the medical story.)

Most folks on Segways who are not police or airport workers look like fools.

LOL - HILARIOUS - Damn - I will have to go take some pictures of #Occupy Humboldt and send 'em to ya - same deal about 4 or 5 people and a bunch of signs stuck all around - LAZY protestors. They manage to get a few more at noon and 5:00 when the cars are going by.

The Metro reports that the Occupy Philadelphia folks are, in fact, advertising their group as a kind of fun social network. They had a "Goofy Sunday Mystery Fun Action" event, and an 80s-themed prom dance party.

Monopolies are capitalism, and unions are monopolies, hence these people are big on capitalism. If you told them that from now on everyone was going to be paid the same and get the same benefits, they'd riot. It would mean less for them and more for everybody else.

Alex: WI Occupiers are poorer then the Manhattan ones. No iPhones, Macbook Pros.

You mean "appear to be". At the protest in Saint Petersburg I saw people, dressed a lot like those at Madison, get out of some very nice cars. And some stood with their signs while their friends, in very nice clothes, took pictures with their iPhones.

I went last night to see the remake of "The Thing." Tentacles in Antarctica

Would have been better had it been set at one of these rallies.

Did you know that all remote polar bases are equipped with flame throwers and hand grenades?

Also, if a young and beautiful American paleontologist arrives, 12 bearded Norwegian dudes will let her assume command?

Plus, if you fire a flame thrower inside the confines of a remote polar base to incinerate a greasy monster, it will be incinerated but the remote polar base will not catch on fire.

Also, never get into a helicopter if there is the remotest possibility that one of your fellow passengers will sprout tentacles. Do not do this.

And, finally, if your flying saucer crashes 100,000 years ago and has not one dent on it and is thereafter buried under 100 feet of polar ice, you can restart its engines and fly away, unless a young and beautiful American paleontologist at the last second under great pressure throws a hand grenade into your vertical mouth that has teeth.

You ask, "Why are there fewer women sleeping outdoors to protest" I am sure that you realize that women who attempt to exercise their first amendment rights of speech and assembly by sleeping on the street risk a lot more than men do, exposing themselves to rape, slander, libel and just that everyday rage that men feel toward women who speak

"You ask, "Why are there fewer women sleeping outdoors to protest" I am sure that you realize that women who attempt to exercise their first amendment rights of speech and assembly by sleeping on the street risk a lot more than men do, exposing themselves to rape, slander, libel and just that everyday rage that men feel toward women who speak"

Is everyday rage different from, you know, weekend rage, or maybe special event rage?

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"I truly can't follow the mindset. "OK, let's leave, but we won't take any of our garbage or clean up after ourselves."

How does that work?"

Ask a teenager. They could explain the gravity of the decision, the philosophy underpinning the reckless disregard for the community of effort required to offset the inevitable chaos implied by the Third Law of Thermodynamics and the requisite bon ami necessary to leave such work to some undefined yet known third party. And with a single word.

Yes, you guessed correctly, everyday rage against women is not as bad as sunday rage or even football sunday rage, and holidays are very dangerous as well, those are the days when things get really bad for women in America.and thank you for the lesson about "projection" I imagine that must be very comforting to all the abused women out there, to know that they really should not blame their partner, it's just their own anxiety.

"Yes, you guessed correctly, everyday rage against women is not as bad as sunday rage or even football sunday rage, and holidays are very dangerous as well, those are the days when things get really bad for women in America."

That sounds like regular old asshole rage. What does that have to do with rage against women who speak? Is protest on the street rage worse or something?

I read a comment somewhere that was so profound I have to repeat it here, sorry I cannot remember who to give the attribution to. "It is a shame that these people don't understand, they are protesting the bailouts, but socialism is the biggest bailout of all."